Fusion Thrusters

“	Fusion Thrusters are designed especially for blockade running. They combine the advantages of rear and rotation thrusters.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[ | ]

Fusion Thrusters	I	II	III
SPECIFICATIONS
Ship Mass	6%	8%	10%
Speed	+40 m/s	+60 m/s	+80 m/s
Turning	+4.0 deg/s	+6.0 deg/s	+8.0 deg/s
Strafe	-20%	-26%	-33%
Hull XP	126 XP	167 XP	205 XP
BLUEPRINT
Farming Tier	VEGA Tier II/III	VEGA Tier III/IV	VEGA Tier IV/V
Pieces	4	5	6
Tech Lab Required	VI	VIII	X
EQUIP
Time	17m 30s	43m 00s	1h 28m
Helium-3	224,928	636,591	1,319,992
Antimatter	24,992	112,340	329,998

General[ | ]

“	Use Fusion thrusters to combine the benefits of Rear and Rotation Thrusters.	”
	— Event Store

Fusion Thrusters are a combination of Rear Thrusters and Rotation Thrusters, improving the forward and turning speeds of your ships.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Fusion Thrusters are incredibly useful on most ships, especially battleships, destroyers and carriers because they lack turning speed and require forward speed to catch up to or run away from enemy fleets.

Equipping this thruster on frigates, cruisers and cutters allows them to quickly switch between running and attacking, giving opponents a nasty surprise.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Fusion Thrusters decrease strafe speed, although the penalty is the exact same as Rear Thrusters III-V. They are unsuitable for long-range frigates because they rely on their strafing ability to kite enemies.

The decreased strafe speed also damages your ability to dodge incoming projectiles, making them unpopular on sniper fleets. In addition, shield-switching becomes more difficult because you would have to turn away from the enemy in order to cycle your ships.